The shortcomings of music and sound in SL are massive. There are various ways to do sound:

External feeds use the embedded Quicktime player to render web media. The media can be an asynchronous file download or a (relatively) synchronous stream. The latter is how live music is done. In either case you have to . . . → Read More: Making Music Objects in SL

Taylor Education Building is an iconic building on the campus of the University of Kentucky. The College of Education asked me to build a replica of the facade for their space on University of KY island in Second Life. I decided to build it roughly to scale, which makes it one of the more imposing . . . → Read More: Taylor Education Building in SL

On the way to a massive Tang Dynasty Buddha statue carved into a rock wall near Leshan in southern Sichuan, China, there is an ornate pedestrian bridge over a small river near the confluence of the Minjiang and Dadu Rivers. I happened across photos of this lovely structure online and thought it would be an . . . → Read More: Virtual Haoshang Bridge